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At the annual meeting of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association in Baton Rouge today, high school principals failed to pass any proposal that would .....

When most people think of Habitat for Humanity, construction and painting come to mind....

Karen Canales knows first-hand how difficult it is for engaged Catholic couples who speak Spanish as their first language....

Showing hospitality makes a person a better human being and a better Christian and is an important part of promoting Christian unity....

Thousands of marchers, young and old, participated Jan. 25 in the Louisiana Life March South in Baton Rouge. The march took participants from the State Capitol to Galvez Plaza, where several speakers spoke, including Liz Murrill, solicitor general for the....

For the archdiocesan Office of Black Catholic Ministries, the idea of sponsoring a three-day pilgrimage to sites in Alabama steeped in civil rights history gained traction because of the obvious benefits: Young and old, black and white could join hands to see, touch.....

Imagine, if you will, a Louisiana High School Athletic Association without the sport of football. If that were to happen, its annual meetings, like the one that taking place on Jan. 31, would be less contentious and polarizing....

Maureen Wright considered herself one of those blessed Catholics who had just about everything – a loving husband, a beautiful daughter and enough scientific degrees that with any .....

Local entrepreneur David Cusimano concluded several years ago that many people hear the cry of the poor but don’t know how to connect their “hearts, minds and strengths” to curb poverty.....

More than 650 high school students from the Archdiocese of New Orleans  traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to join a half-million others in the annual March for Life. At left, Evangeline “Evie” Love Pearl of Baton Rouge, who has Down syndrome....

It’s so impressive to see our young adults – mostly students in their high school years – give witness to their Catholic faith by coming to the march in growing numbers year after year. Their commitment to Jesus inspires me in my own teaching ministry....

In eighth grade two years ago, I started volunteering for Legacy Donor Foundation. That experience prompted me to raise awareness and educate my peers about organ donation......

Mall-goers will be treated to a major dose of Catholic-school excellence in the visual and performing arts at the 2020 Catholic Schools Week Arts & Music Festival, set for Jan. 27-30 at Lakeside.....

While working as Mary Queen of Peace School’s substitute religion teacher last fall, Jodi Awbrey witnessed the wonderful fruits that come from immersing students in the coming Sunday’s Gospel during classtime.....

La celebración anual de la Semana de las Escuelas Católicas, se llevará a cabo en todo el país, del 26 de enero al 6 de febrero. ¿Qué importancia tienern.....

It is somehow being portrayed as a negative, but it is anything but. LSU passing game coordinator Joe Brady left to be the new offensive coordinator for the NFL’s Carolina Panthers. Defensive.....

Queridos hermanos el Evangelio de hoy nos presenta el comienzo de la vida pública de Jesús que tuvo un principio muy humilde y sencillo. Nada que ver con las grandes ceremonias que nos gusta hacer en nuestros días para marcar el comienzo de los grandes......

Burnout is real. And it doesn’t just happen at the end of a semester or during senior year. “But didn’t you just start the semester?” Yes, and you might think that students and teachers return reinvigorated......

Mall-goers will be treated to a major dose of Catholic-school excellence in the visual and performing arts at the 2020 Catholic Schools Week Arts & Music Festival, set for Jan. 27-30 at Lakeside......

God had a bigger plan than anyone realized in 2011 when he put a yearning in the hearts of a few mothers of children at St. Margaret Mary School (SMM) in Slidell....